Parents of late APSU student establish the Tyler Head Agriculture Memorial Endowment
May 14, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) agriculture student Tyler Head passed away on February 3rd, 2012. He was only 20 years old. In May of that year, his parents, Chuck Head and Gina Head Hieber, made a gift to the APSU Foundation, establishing a pass-through scholarship to honor his memory.
Tyler Head “had a genuine love of agriculture,” according to his father.
APSU Department of Theatre, Dance and Nashville Children’s Theatre partner for Apprentice Program
May 4, 2019
Nashville, TN – The Austin Peay State University (APSU) Department of Theatre and Dance and Nashville Children’s Theatre (NCT), the nation’s oldest professional theatre for young audiences and the largest theatre in Middle Tennessee recently partnered on an apprentice program to help APSU students further their collegiate careers by engaging directly inside the industry.
Austin Peay State University’s Dr. Christopher Bailey and Margaret Rennerfeldt, along with three APSU students Hannah Clark, Treston Henderson and Shane Kopishke, meet with Ernie Nolan (center), artistic director of the NCT. (APSU)
Dr. Susan J. Kupisch Psychology Endowment established to benefit Austin Peay State University students
May 1, 2019
Clarksville, TN – A generous gift to the Austin Peay State University Foundation has been made by retired faculty member Dr. Susan J. Kupisch to establish an endowed scholarship program for APSU students.
Dr. Susan J. Kupisch
Retired APSU professor Dr. Camille Holt establishes Jo and Isaac Buck Endowment
April 27, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) retired professor of education Dr. Camille Holt recently donated $25,000 to the Austin Peay Foundation to honor the memory of her late parents by creating the Jo and Isaac Buck Endowment, an endowed scholarship program to benefit APSU students.
Dr. Camille Holt’s parents Jo and Isaac Buck.
APSU students win Bbest Solo Hack, place second overall at Regional Hackathon
April 7, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Austin Peay State University (APSU) senior Susan Kersten recently won “Best Solo Hack” at the CatHacks hackathon at the University of Kentucky, and her teammates won second place overall at the competition for hack that helps teach people sign language.
The wins add to the hackathon success Austin Peay students have had this year.
From the left, Austin Peay State University students Aidan Murphy, Susan Kersten and Nathan Nickelson work on their hacks.
APSU celebrates 10 years of alternative break trips
March 19, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – A few years ago, a group of Austin Peay State University (APSU) students found themselves deep in the Florida Everglades, helping clean up an abandoned military site.
Few people knew the installation existed because, during the Cold War, the U.S. Government kept 11,000-pound Nike Hercules missiles – all aimed at Cuba – at this hidden base.
Austin Peay State University Alternative Break Trips. (APSU)
APSU students tour the West during Spring Break with Govs Outdoors
March 12, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Eight Austin Peay-based students traveled west with Govs Outdoors during Spring Break, taking in sights such as the Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest National Park, the Devil’s Bridge and Cathedral Rock trails in Arizona, the Santa Rosa Blue Hole in New Mexico and the Cadillac Ranch in Texas.
Austin Peay State University students who went on the Grand Canyon trip were, from the left, Cody Bricker, Rebecca Thomack, Anaelle Maudet, Annabelle Spencer, Goodwin Brown, Alex Arriaga (on sign), Gwynevere Cardinal and Luis Soto.
Austin Peay State University students build relationships with students in Japan
February 28, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – On January 24th, 2018, Austin Peay State University, in association with the Consul-General of Japan in Nashville, hosted a delegation of four Japanese citizens visiting Tennessee as part of the “Walk in the U.S., Talk on Japan” program, a key initiative of the Japanese government designed to promote cultural and political awareness of Japan in several major U.S. cities.
Austin Peay State University Students visited with Japanese Students at Kitakamakura.
APSU’s corpse flower not causing a stink yet – but it will
February 15, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – When the corpse flower blooms, it emits an intense, foul odor. “We’re used to flowers with sweet smells that attract bees and butterflies,” Dr. Carol Baskauf, Austin Peay State University (APSU) biology professor, said.
“The nickname for this plant is ‘corpse flower’ because it smells like rotting, dead meat. It stinks terribly,” stated Baskauf.
Austin Peay State University’s towering corpse flower plant should bloom in four to six years. (APSU)
Austin Peay State University’s PELP juniors perform service work in Trinidad and Tobago
February 14, 2019
Austin Peay State University (APSU)
Clarksville, TN – Earlier this winter, when Parth Patel visited the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago for the first time, he wasn’t expecting to find a Hindu temple tucked amid the island’s palm trees. “I’m Hindu,” Patel, an Austin Peay State University (APSU) junior, said.
“It was cool seeing the influence there because India is so far away. The temples were very traditional; one had scriptures on it, and I could understand the scriptures because they were in the same dialect,” stated Patel.
Emily Moore, a PELP junior and Austin Peay State University softball player, works with the construction supervisor at a Habitat site. (APSU)
